Ejecta
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noun plural.
Ejected matter, as that from an erupting volcano.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Things that are cast out or away; refuse.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun plural.
Matter ejected; material thrown out.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Material which has been
ejected
, especially from a
volcano
or an
impact crater
.
Word Usage
"Although researchers call the ejecta ash, it really isn't the type of burned material that most people associate with the word."
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